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⚖ RESOLUTION: Unresolved. No single authoritative count exists; the discrepancy itself became a political flashpoint after a Spanish government communications officer was fired for publishing numbers Madrid had not yet confirmed.

⚖ RESOLUTION: The toll rose materially as search-and-recovery operations continued; 111 remains the most-cited official cumulative figure, while estimates from an NGO and, as of Aug 30, a media retrospective put it higher still (141 and 150+ respectively). Morocco has not officially confirmed any of the higher counts, and full reconciliation of causes, dates, and identities for every fatality remains incomplete.

⚖ RESOLUTION: Unresolved and now internally contradicted: the Sept 1 CENIF document alleged Moroccan gendarmes and plainclothes agents guided the crossing, but on Sept 2 National Police Director General Francisco Pardo told Interior Minister Grande-Marlaska in writing that no police report attributes the crossing's planning or execution to Moroccan security forces — prompting Marlaska to demand an explanation for why the report reached the press before reaching him. Sánchez told Congress on Sept 3 that Moroccan gendarmes were 'passive' for roughly 10 hours at the peak of the crossing but reiterated no institution has produced 'solid evidence' of a planned Moroccan operation. On Sep 14, however, Sánchez softened that characterisation further, telling La Sexta he would not call Morocco's conduct passive at all but rather 'an intention to manage this crowd intelligently' — language critics say edges closer to describing coordinated crowd control than a spontaneous, unpoliced surge. Morocco has not responded to the specific allegation.

⚖ RESOLUTION: Unresolved and central to the EU rift; academic commentary (The Conversation, CIDOB) argues the regularisation scheme addressed a pre-existing undocumented population rather than incentivising new arrivals, but the political narrative among the 22 signatories treats it as causal.

⚖ RESOLUTION: Both readings agree the ruling was a proximate trigger; they diverge on whether the misinformation or the underlying legal change is the primary causal factor.

⚖ RESOLUTION: No credible evidence supports the conspiracy claims; fact-checkers assess the narrative as unfounded and partly driven by inauthentic amplification.

⚖ RESOLUTION: Legally contested; the measure remains framed by Rome as temporary and consistent with Schengen Borders Code emergency provisions. Italy has now formally notified the European Commission its checks run until September 1 (extendable or liftable at Rome's discretion), while Spain's own reciprocal checks on Italian arrivals — imposed Aug 8 after Rome rejected an ultimatum to stand down — run until at least September 7. Addressing parliament on Aug 13, Piantedosi declined to set any new review date, saying checks would continue until security risks were 'completely ruled out,' while Grande-Marlaska maintained there was 'no risk of a terrorist threat.'

⚖ RESOLUTION: No change in international legal status; Ceuta and Melilla remain Spanish sovereign territory recognised as such by the EU, but Morocco's claim — and its occasional endorsement by third parties like the US House committee language — remains a persistent source of friction underlying migration-related tensions.

⚖ RESOLUTION: Partially reconciled — bulk crossing numbers have indeed fallen sharply, but a substantial residual population and diplomatic fallout (Schengen checks, EU tension) remain unresolved. The Aug 20 beach clearance itself underscored the point: roughly 500 of those relocated from El Trampolín returned within hours, forcing a second eviction attempt Aug 21 and prompting Ceuta's government to warn it would suspend beach-cleaning operations if the cycle continued.

⚖ RESOLUTION: The ministry's initial assessment proved too conservative; the subsequent €25M allocation and mainland transfers of minors effectively conceded that Ceuta's own capacity was overwhelmed, vindicating the city government's earlier warnings.

⚖ RESOLUTION: Both are true simultaneously: EU institutions offered formal solidarity while a majority bloc of member states publicly blamed Spain and threatened unilateral border measures — reflecting a genuine split between the Commission's posture and national capitals'. Former EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell added to this Aug 24, calling the wider European reaction 'hysterical, disproportionate and absurd' and noting only France, Portugal, Luxembourg and Ireland showed consistent solidarity with Spain among member states.

⚖ RESOLUTION: Unresolved; the motions from opposition parties (both left and right) have not translated into government action to alter the 2030 hosting arrangement as of August 20.

⚖ RESOLUTION: Investigations remain ongoing as of August 15; the total scale of sexual violence during the crisis has not been conclusively established beyond the confirmed 15 cases and 5 hospital-flagged injuries.

⚖ RESOLUTION: The scale of the July crossing is widely read as evidence the aid-for-migration-control model has significant limits, prompting renewed debate over its design, though no policy change had been announced as of mid-August.

⚖ RESOLUTION: Unresolved as of Aug 19-21; Spain is proceeding with the mainland-transfer plan over the EU's stated preference, while the domestic dispute over which autonomous communities must accept minors remains unsettled pending the proposed decree-law.

⚖ RESOLUTION: The original 2,168 figure is now acknowledged by Spain's own Interior Ministry as overstated due to duplicate database entries; ~1,500 was the working estimate as of Aug 26. By Sep 22, Minister Ángel Víctor Torres cited a formally registered ('filiados') total of 2,321, with government figures for those still unaccounted for on the streets ranging from 500-700 (Sep 22) to 'a thousand' (Sep 23, in remarks blaming the PP) — a discrepancy the government has not reconciled.

⚖ RESOLUTION: Contested. Spain's own anti-racism observatory (OBERAXE) recorded 9,590 hate posts in the two days of the crossing alone, with 48% linking migration to crime — suggesting a real disinformation and hate-speech dimension exists alongside the more limited, officially acknowledged health cases; the two threads are not necessarily mutually exclusive.

⚖ RESOLUTION: Circumstantially strong but not confirmed by either government; Morocco has never officially acknowledged retaliatory motive, in this episode or the 2021 precedent it closely resembles.

⚖ RESOLUTION: Unresolved. The Aug 26-27 clashes — including residents blocking Red Cross aid, burning a migrant camp, and a stoning attack on soldiers — suggest local frustration has outpaced the government's response regardless of the new coordination structure.

⚖ RESOLUTION: Unresolved. The governing PSOE said the two ministers' accounts 'can be true at the same time' but denied the CNI had warned of the crossing's ultimate scale; opposition parties from across the spectrum rejected the government's Aug 27 Congress explanation.

⚖ RESOLUTION: Unresolved and now a live electoral flashpoint. Some PP figures privately warn the confrontational strategy risks emboldening Vox by amplifying anti-migration rhetoric, while the PSOE is countering by emphasising economic aid and humanitarian management over political conflict; both sides agree several thousand migrants remain without permanent housing a month on.

⚖ RESOLUTION: Unresolved and now a recurring ritual: Rome has extended checks a fourth time (Sep 15, to ~Sep 30) even as it periodically acknowledges steps taken by Spain and the EU, while Madrid keeps matching each extension with a reciprocal 15-day one of its own (now to Oct 8) rather than unilaterally lifting its checks.

⚖ RESOLUTION: Both readings can be true at once: the resolution backs Spanish sovereignty and adopts 'hybrid warfare' framing without formally naming Morocco as the instigator, leaving its practical weight contested. Coverage (InfoMigrants) also notes the text separately criticises aspects of Spain's own migration policy as a 'pull factor,' complicating a simple win/loss reading for either side.